There is a growing call for ceasefire from world leaders, and pressure at home on governments who are supporting Israel's bombardment, and planned invasion. Hundreds of thousands are attending demonstrations, and we are seeing a drop in support for Israel’s actions. The UN Secretary-General

"I am deeply concerned about the clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in Gaza."

Stating the obvious: that the Hamas attacks didn’t happen in a vacuum, while stating there is no justification for the terrorist acts broke some brains.

It would be a good time to contact your local government representative, and attend demonstrations for a ceasefire:

https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representatives

https://www.results.org.uk/guides/how-write-your-mp

I've contacted mine, attended a protest the weekend just gone with over 100,000. The public pressure starts with citizens and it is being felt, even if parts of the media are resistant to anti-war sentiment. Collective punishment and forced displacement are war crimes, one only needs to delve a little into what’s happening on the ground in Gaza to see the horror visited upon the civilian population.

I've already said as a basic value I hold, targetted killing civilians is abhorrent, and the scenes of the attack by Hammas were truly harrowing. As someone with humanity, hearing a father be happy their daughter was killed rather than kept alive and taken was deeply upsetting to hear.

That says more about your expectations and values, to think I might feel differently. Not everyone is unmoved when an Israeli strike kills women and children as they try to escape, fingers in ears saying it didn't happen. Hamas must have planes... or they faked a strike, whatever is needed to avoid an answer to a direct question, because the answer is ugly.

@LJS9502_basic: Remain passive? No, but I'd not target and kill civilians, that's a basic value, not to mention a war crime.

Israel, in control, targetted an airstrike on a convoy of fleeing civilians they told had safe passage, 70 dead, children's bodies everywhere. Do you support the targetted killing of civilians by Israel?

Israel just bombed and killed 70 civilians, women, children, evacuating northern Gaza. There's no justification for that; the human shield excuse doesn't hold when fleeing civilians have clearly been targetted. The US can't keep giving a green-light to these war crimes.

Unless there is a guide for upgrading the GPU in your specific laptop and a place to actually buy the laptop version of the 1070 card, then forget about doing that. Also the laptop you have is a dual GPU I have no idea how that is going to work. Does the machine support the Alienware Graphics Amplifier? That might be a good route, use a desktop 1070 in the Amplifier until you're ready for the PC build.

Otherwise, you have a perfectly good laptop, sell it and use the money to start the PC build. Laptop depreciation is bad enough but it will sell terribly once you've started taking out hardware that wasn't intended. I just bought an Alienware myself, there is no way I will ever try and upgrade the GPU and I don't mind a good bit of tinkering, it will be sold.

I only name the home appliances I have sex with.

I switched from PS2 to Xbox when my PS2 broke I don't think I've moved or would move for an exclusive title per say.

That said, my move from 360 to PC was in a way because of an exclusive. I would see the footage of Battlefield 3 running on PC, then see what I was playing on 360 and it was enough for me to make the jump, it was like a different game. As someone who isn't into Nitendo titles it would be fair to say not only am I missing out least (considering the wealth of smaller titles that are only on Steam) but I get the best presentation and performance on PC.

I have enough stress when my next Instagram post doesn't reach my like average, I don't need it here man *cries*

It's an idea though, although I think if the like serves as a virtual nod to a post then perhaps there isn't much point.

Recently picked up an Alienware 17 R4 with a 1070, thing is a beast. I've evangelised about how laptops aren't a desktop replacement but I'm moving country shortly, so this will be my main rig for home and work for at least a year.

i7-6700HQ | 16GB RAM | GTX 1070 | 256GB m.2 SSD | 1TB SATA SSD | 1080p IPS 60Hz display
There is the option of 1440p TN with G-Sync but I didn't want to give up the colour accuracy of an IPS and the 4K IPS was just a bit too much extra for me

That sort of thing can discourage unpopular opinion and encourage posts written with likes in mind.